Combined clothes washer and wringer.



PATENTED DBC. ll, 1906.

0. GUITAR.

COMBINED CLOTHES WASHER AND WRINGBR.

APPIIGATION FILED NOV.'I, 1905.

3 SHEETS-SHEET l.

PATENI'ED DEC. Il, 1906 O. GUITAR. COMBINED CLOTHES WASHER AND WRINGER.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 7. 1905.

3 SHEETS-SHEEP 2.

/ITTORNEVS No. 837,924. PATBNTED DBC. 11, 190e,

0. GUITAR.'

COMBINED CLOTHES WASHER AND WRINGFER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7. 1905.

' 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

W/TNESSE INVENTOH amm ArroH/Vgys UNITED sfrariis in frairr ernten.

OOMEINED CLOTHES WASHER AND Nt-UNSER.

Specification of Letters Patent..

Patented. Dec. l1, 1906.

A mlication tiled November 7,1905. Serial No. 2855.225.

The invention Consists in certain novel features el' construction and'incombination of parts more fully and particularly dcseri bed hereinafterand pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the aeeompanyiig drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewol' my device lor domestic uses. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertie-alsection tliereot. Fig. 3 a perspective View of a tank adapted for usein. a powerinaehine. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section through aniodilieatiou adapted lor use as a power-infuzhine. Fig. is a perspeetive view from abewe ot the presserplate of the power-inaeliine, andFig. t3 is a perspective View from below olY Fig. 5

.in the present embodiment ol my invention Vl make use of thercetangular tank provided )Vith legs u', removably secured thereto byserevvs (L2, and across the ends ol" the tank and abutting against. theends olI the leg is a brace e, likewise removably secured.

l'acing b5, olI rubber or other elastic material and having at intervalstransverse cor- ;rugations o, issceured to a. concave presser bed l,Awhich is in turn secured to the lnaekets t), and between thecorrugations transverse series ol'I holes ')7 perl'orate both plate andlacing. The concave presser-hed l is secured to lnac.l-:cts l), mountedon bars b', connected by a. cross-bar lf* and hinged at 1L7 to braeketse", arising 'l'rom the tank A. Springsaetuated latches b, mounted inbearings on the bars l1', engage 'ratchet-bars rf ou the tank A lorsupporting the plate in dill'e'rcnt positions. y y A convexpresser-plate provided wu h a Alacing c:i oll the same material as thelacing t,"

and having corrugations e and pcrtorations c, is secured to brackets c,inountcdou' bars c, conneeted by a cross-piece c" and hinged at el tothe brackets u. on the tank fi. A spring-actuated latch c7, mounted inbearings e on the right-hand bar c', engages a catch e" on the braeket al'or holdingl the plate lnits elevated position, (foil-springs c",attached to the brackets u" and the bars c assist in elevating the plateWhen in use.

i i l i i l The corrugations on the bed B and the plate tl are staggeredwith relation to cach other, the 'corrugatiens on one platecorresponding in 'position to the portal-ations in the other, and l'orconvenience iu transportation handles u are inovided on the tank,

ln operation the tank is with water and the clothes are placed on thepresser -bed l and the bed is lowered'until the clothes are imnnrsedinthe water. By alternatclj,r elevating and depressing the presser-platc t) the 'water is alternately drawn through and expressedout ol" the clothes.

Alter the clothes are proper@r cleanil the prrfsserduxdv l2 is elevatid. so that the springla'tehes engage the uppermost notch ot theratchet-bar, removing the clothes lroin the water, and the plate t isagain lowered to express the water from the cleansed clothes. 'lheclothes` are then removed troni the pressing-bed and the operationisrepeated. A'ltcr the clothes have been thoroughly "vashed and elezmsedthe suits-"water will he Withdrawn through the faucet inserted in thebottom olz the tank and clean water introduced instead, when the sameoperation will he perform/d in wringing that was carried out in Washingthe clothes.

in the modification shown in Figs. S, At, 5, andV t3 the lower plates l)rest. directlr on supports d secured in the tank, and instead ol' beingconcave the plate is flat, but otherwise similar in exery respcet to theplate l. 'lhe u ppcr plate E is also llat, but iu all other respects issimilar to plate 'Flic salue process observed in operating themodilication in every respect as is carried out iu the use ol thedomestic. machine, with like results.

llaving thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire. tosecure by lietters latcnt, is

l. ln a machine ol'V the charaetcr describedI a tank provided with legs,a concave pri sser- Vbed therein a. flexible tacini" secured to thepressersbcd and provided with transverse eorrug'ations, a hinged traineto which said bed is secured, a spring-actuatcd latch upon said 'rameand adapted to support the same, a eouvcx presser-plate lor coacting with said presser-bed, a lcxible facing secured to said presser plate andprovided with. transverse. eorrugations staggered with relation to thecorrugations on the presser-bed, the bed and the plate having transverseseries oll perforations between the eorrugations, a hinged partialljyrtilled IOS vLlame to which said convex plate is secured, a co1l-springfor securing saidconvex plate normal y; elevated, and 'means whereby theplate may be elevated and depressed'.

2. In a machine ofthe character described, a tank, a concave presser-bedtherein, an elas` tic faci secured to the presser-bed and provided withtransverse corrugations, a frame supportingsaid presser-bed, meanswhereby to adjust said frame in the tank, a convex Ypresser-plate hingedto the tank and adapted to coact with sai presser-bed, an elastic facingsecure'd to said presser-plate and provided with transverse corrugationsstagfrered with relation to the corrugations in the lower plate, andmeans for retaining the presser-` plate normally out of contact with thebed.

i f 3. Alcombined` clothes washer and wringer,

comprising a presser-bed, an elastic facing on the operating-face of thepresser-bed, transsemea verse corrugations on the facing, the bed andfacing having perforations .therethrough tbe-j tween the corrugations, apresservlate adapted to coact'with the presser-bers an elastic facing onthe operative face of thepresserplate, transverse corrugations on thefacing,

the presserlate and facing having perfora' tions theret 'ough betweenthe corruga'tions, l

. onori GUITAR. Witnesses WALTER W. GARTH,

WM. T. Conner.

a. presser-bed mounted on f y engaging

